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Now, while the town's year-round residents number fewer than 1,000, that number swells up to 80,000 each September as revellers descend upon Lisdoonvarna from around the world.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“These deer have become beloved to many of the islanders, as well as the thousands of tourists who descend on Catalina Island every year,” she said Tuesday in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Despite being explicitly prevented from blaming any party for a death, hearings can often descend into a blame game, with barristers trying to save or sully an organisation's reputation.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Seen against that history, her arguments no longer seem to descend from the altitude of solitary thought.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

I clearly descend from the ones who fled, but I’m starting to think I may have had family who stayed.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

As firefighters in southwest France struggle to bring a forest inferno under control before yet another heatwave descends on the country, Filippi told AFP about the phenomenon.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Instead, it descends from the brain into the chest, loops around a major artery, then travels back up to the voice box.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

“The idea that he descends on Westminster like he is a conquering hero, it doesn’t have a logic,” said Philip Cowley, a politics professor at Queen Mary University of London.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

"For the work that I can do, I can engage with people in serious debate, detailed debate, respectful debate, without being on a platform that constantly descends to racism and misogyny."

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

She descends the steps, and I start to unpack my books onto the quiet-room desk to get ready for the trig homework I’ve been avoiding all day.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

He was in his eighties when Isis descended on the ancient city.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

A five-tier funfetti cake had been airlifted in from Florida, and helicopters and seaplanes descended on the islands before guests settled into their oceanfront villas.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Before the doom descended last week, OpenAI researchers were euphoric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

After the fire, residents faced rats and swarms of flies that descended on the area as Lineage worked to remove the rotting food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

A sudden silence had descended on the stable yard.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

But it ended the same way, with a pack of USC defenders descending all at once, leaving Fresno State with nowhere to go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

"After descending through the opening using ropes and calling out to those inside, no response was received," the prime minister's office said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

High pressure has dominated the weather since late-spring, caused by a large zone of air descending through the atmosphere.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Andy Burnham has been Britain’s prime minister for less than a week, and already his administration is descending into chaos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

I spot a small commuter jet descending to land at the local airport, and I send it all my love.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King